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If a signal is sampled at a sampling rate of 0.2 ms, then its sampling frequency is ____________kHz.

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Sampling frequency is the reciprocal of the sampling interval: f_s = 1/delta_t.
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Correct Answer: 5

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The sampling frequency (sampling rate in Hz) is simply the reciprocal of the sampling interval (the time between successive samples):

\[ f_s = \frac{1}{\Delta t} \]

Here the sampling interval is given as \(\Delta t = 0.2\ \text{ms} = 0.2 \times 10^{-3}\ \text{s} = 2 \times 10^{-4}\ \text{s}\). Substituting:

\[ f_s = \frac{1}{2 \times 10^{-4}\ \text{s}} = 5000\ \text{Hz} = 5\ \text{kHz} \]

So a sample is taken every 0.2 milliseconds, which corresponds to exactly 5000 samples being recorded every second, i.e. a sampling frequency of 5 kHz.

\(\boxed{f_s = 5\ \text{kHz}}\)

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